Unah by and Through Unah v. Martin

ALMA D. WILSON, Justice.

This appeal presents us with the opportunity to review our adherence to the rule of parental immunity which bars an unemanci-pated minor child from bringing an action for ordinary negligence against his parent.1

In this case, Nathan Unah, an unemanci-pated minor child, was injured in an automobile accident allegedly caused by the combined negligence of his father, defendant Freeland Unah, and defendant A.F. Martin. Nathan, by and through his mother and next friend, Mary Jane Unah, and Mary Jane Unah, individually, brought this action to recover for personal injuries…